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There are also belonging to this collection various maps, but these do not 
include the well-known large-size Borgia maps, which remain at the Museo 
Borgia, and the collection was not examined. 
CAPPONIAN COLLECTION. 
This collection was left to the Vatican by Marchese Alessandro Gregorio 
Capponi of Florence, in 1745. 1 It consists of 286 codices, and has been kept 
intact. There is a manuscript index, number 16, among the inventories of 
the Library. Numbers 57, 107, 108, 164, and 167 were examined without 
result. 
Of some interest is the following: 
179. ff. 62, 81-88. From “ Discorsi della Monarchia di Spagna ”, 1598, on 
the need of maritime education. 
OTTOBONIAN COLLECTION. 
This collection, brought together by Cardinal Ottobuoni, who subsequently 
became Alexander VIII. (1689-1691), is preserved as a separate unit. An 
alphabetical index, which is not very reliable, and an inventory exist. By 
means of these the collection was examined. Numbers 579, 688, 797, 910, 
1066, 1100, 1109, 1111, 1655, 1853, 2352, 2355, 2405, 2413, 2415, 2416, 2421, 
2432, 2455, 2457, 2480, 2481, 2482, 2484, 2485, 2514, 2515, 2519, 2628, 2647, 
2689, 2705, 2713, 2716, 2725, 2726, 2820, 2963, 3056, 3077, 3138, 3144, 3172, 
3175, 3185, 3194, 3252, 3255 were examined individually, and found to con¬ 
tain nothing pertinent. References to relevant material follow: 
597. “ Seis Libros de la Historia del St° Officio de la Inquisicion ”, in 2 pts. 
Part 2, ff. 401-405. Reference to the discovery of America. 
895. pp. 14-21, and 2476, ffi 91-97. “ Entrate del Regno di Spagna di Porto- 
gallo e del Turco col n° de Consegli e loro Qualita.” Slight refer¬ 
ences to the Indies. 
1013 and 2441, p. 174 seq. “ L’Apocalipse Olandese di Bambone.” Slight 
references to the Indies. 
1063. ff. 52-77. Instructions to the nuncio in Spain. 1621. See 1103. 
If. 130-179. Instructions to the nuncio in Flanders. 1621. See 1103. 
1103. Various instructions to nuncios by Mgr. Agucchio. 1621. They in¬ 
clude those to the Archbishop of Thebes, nuncio in Spain, to exhort 
the King to defend the Indies ; and those to the Archbishop of Patras, 
nuncio in Flanders, to assume charge of affairs in England. 
1257,1782, 2434, 2480, 3140, ff. 113-141, 4257. Charles V., “ Ragionamento al 
Re Filippo suo figlio nella Conseguazione del Governo de’ suoi Stati 
e Regni ”. Advice on government of the Indies. 2 
1287. Relation of Spain by Domenico Zane. See Bolognetti 144, ff. 77-97. 
1824. Relation of Spain. See Bolognetti 251, ff. 137-146. 
2206. ff. 137-146. “ Notizia sopra la Nuntiatura di Spagna.” Printed in 
Romische Quartalschrift, VII. 447-481. Without special reference 
to America. 
1 Catalogo della Libreria Capponi (Rome, 1747) mentions numbers 18-25 and 29 as 
containing awisi di Europa, 1595, 1620-1621, 1632-1638. The relation of this library to 
that in the Vatican is not clear to me. There is still another library of the same name, 
that of Marchese Gino Capponi of Florence, of which a catalogue by Carlo Milannese, 
published at Florence in 1845, exists. 
2 See B. Stub el, “ Die Instructionen Carls V. fur Philipp II.” in Mittheilungen des 
Instituts fiir Oesterreichische Geschichtsforschung, XXIII. 611-638. 
